tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31490305124685136012009-06-29T16:23:47.163-07:00The Inspire Programming and Computing blog is the place to find out all the latest news in the programming and computing world. This blog is aimed at all users, Beginner or Advanced; No matter your language preference, Basic, C/C++, Pascal, Python, Perl, or HTML. We welcome everybody with open arms.ngnetzkynoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3149030512468513601.post-12530086118905432972009-06-29T15:51:00.000-07:002009-06-29T16:23:47.173-07:00In fact, it's living quite strong in the form of FreeDos. They just celebrated it's 15th birthday, yesterday. This DOS based operating system was born on June 28th, 1994 after the project's founder/leader Jim Hall heard that Microsoft was no longer going to support their version of DOS after the release of Windows 95. Jim had a vision of creating a free version of DOS that would not be hinder based on one company's support of the OS, a version that could live on forever.<br /><br />Here's a quote from Jim Hall himself, ....<br /><blockquote>"Microsoft will not develop DOS forever, and one cannot count on commercial programming firms such as IBM or Digital to continue DOS"</blockquote>and it's still in use today. Accroding to this <a href="http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=971311">article</a> posted on FreeDos's website, ... <blockquote>"Today, FreeDOS is used by people all around the world. You can find FreeDOS in many different places: emulators, playing old DOS games, business, ... even bundled with laptops and netbooks: <a href="http://technologizer.com/2009/06/23/hps-mini-5101-netbook-deluxe-with-all-the-trimmings/" target="_new">http://technologizer.com/2009/06/23/hps-mini-5101-netbook-deluxe-with-all-the-trimmings/</a> "</blockquote>A couple of things that is not mention in the above article is that it can also be found on computers from Dell (although not heavily advertised) and it's often used in embedded systems.<br /><br />Ahh, the good old days.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3149030512468513601-1253008611890543297?l=www.inspireprogramming.com%2Fblogs%2Fipdev'/></div>ngnetzkynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3149030512468513601.post-75272809308768894392009-06-21T13:30:00.000-07:002009-06-21T13:32:55.930-07:00I'm writing up a article comparing Windows and Linux. I hope to have the article written and posted on the blog by the next month or so (crossing fingers).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3149030512468513601-7527280930876889439?l=www.inspireprogramming.com%2Fblogs%2Fipdev'/></div>ngnetzkynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3149030512468513601.post-15609134162872617672009-06-14T13:52:00.000-07:002009-06-14T14:00:02.264-07:00Welcome to the newly redesigned Inspire Programming website.<br /><br />I have changed the focus of the site, instead of being strictly about Programming, I have decided to focus on General Computing and Programming together. This is because, often times the two are woven together as one.<br /><br />Oh, one last thing, there are now forums for the site and I'm working as we speak on putting up a Wiki. Also, in the near future, I hope to have a links directory installed onto the site.<br /><br />Have fun!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3149030512468513601-1560913416287261767?l=www.inspireprogramming.com%2Fblogs%2Fipdev'/></div>ngnetzkynoreply@blogger.com0